Stove or furnace.



UNITED sTATEs PATENT OEEIOE t 'i i i `i l i WALTERKLINE, OE AKRON, OHIO.

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To all Awhom, it may concern:

- Be itknown that I, WALTER KLINE, aycitizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stoves or Furnaces, of which the following is a speciiication.

Y The present inv ntion relates to stoves or The object of the invention is to provide ,l improved means for regulating the amount of air introduced beneath the iire through the ash-pit or above the fire over the top of the fire-pot.

Another obj ect is:tofprevent the heat escapiing from the stove through the smoke-flue.

f e air-inlet 6.

l claims.

Other and the following ticularly be further objects willV appear in description and will more parpointed out in the annexed The invention is `illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, which shows a perspective` view of a stove embodying m Ainvention,

parts being broken away in or er to better show the improvements. 1 indicates the base of the stove, and 2 is 4 the ash-pit.

3 is the grate at the bottom of the iire-box 4. The fire-box is encircled by an annular tubev 5, which is provided with'fa damper or l 11 is the dome or to of the stove, which ts on the topy of the viireox 4. l

- 7 represents vertical tubes which extend upwardly from the annular tube. The lower end` of eachof the tubes 7 communicates with the tube 5,` and the upper end is bent inwardly and passes through a perforation 12 1n the dome 11 directly above the fire-box.

Eachof the tubes 7 is provided with `a damper 8, and these dampers are connected by a wire 9, which surrounds the iire-box and by means of which the dampers are operated in unison through the medium of a suitable slidel 17, which extends outside of the jacket 16, surmounting the base ofthe stove'.

7 a represents vertical tubes which extend p downwardly from the annular tube 5. The

upper end of each of the tubes 7 a communicates with the tube 5, and totheir lower end is vfitted a substantially T-shaped tube 10, which opens into the ash-pit directly bel'ow the grate 3 and directs the air into the fire through the outer edges of the grate. The tubes 7 a are provided with dampers 8, con- Specfcation of LettersPatent. Application 4lled Marohv2'9, 1906. Serial No.1308,7`07.

Patented Dee. 13,1906.

nected by a wire 9, which in turnrisconnected to a slide 17a dome is secured an oval-shaped bowl 13, by

on the outside of the jacket 16, thus permitting the dampers 8tt to Abe operated in unison means of which the heat is distributed equally to all partsof the dome and which prevents the heat from escaping through the flue 15. y

lThe amount of air entering the annular tube 5 is regulated by means of the damper 6. From the tube 5 the air passes either u wardly through the tubes 7 into the upper part of the nre-box or it passes downwardly through the tubes 7EL below the grate. o The pathof travel of the air depends on the position of the dampers'l 8 and 8a, and the passage of the air may be regulated at will by adjusting the slides 17- and 17 a. When the air is admitted from be-l low, by opening the dampers 8a and closing the dampers 8 it will cause the fire to burn more readily than it otherwise woulddo.

On the other hand, if the dampers 8 vare.

opened and the dampers 8a closed the iire will at once be checked.

By the use of my improved system there is nolonger danger of the stove becoming overheated in the night-time, and the door of the stove can be kept closed at-all times.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a stove, the combination with the fire-box and the rate, of an annular tube encircling the fireox, and provided with an air-inlet, a series of vertical tubes extending upwardly from lsaid annular tube and opening into the interior of the stove at the top of the fire-box, a second series of vertical tubes extendin downwardly from said annular tube anrI opening into the interior of the stove atthe bottom of the fire-box, means for regulating the passa e of air from the annular tube through. t e' upwardly-extending and 10 into the space vertical` tubes, andmeans for regulating the passage of air from the annular tube through I O5 the downwardly-extending vertical tubes. v g

2. In a stove, the combination with the fireebox, of an annular ries of vertical tubes extending upwardly from said annular tube and opening int`o the tube: encircling *the .fire-box and provided with an" air-inlet, a seinterior of the stove at the top of the fire-box, ries of tubes in unison and independently of to a damper in each of the vertical tubes, a secthe dempers ofthe rst series of tubes.

ond series of vertical tubes extending doWn- The foregoing specification signed at Akron,` Wai'dly from said annular tube and opening Ohio, this 24th day of March, 1906.

into the interior of the stove at the bottom of e the fire-box, a damper in each tube of the sec- WALTER KLINE' ond series, means for operating the dempers In presence ofof one series of tubes in unison, and means WM. A. MARTIN,

for operating the dempers of the second se- A. J. KREIGHBAUM. 

